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 Memories of Merelbeke - een randgemeente van Gent
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Belgium 1970s
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MERELBEKE


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We lived in Belgium in the 1970s. Dad, Eric Hayles was working for Volvo Europa at Oostakker near Ghent and we moved into a house in the Verlorenbroodstraat in Merelbeke. We hope you enjoy our evocative photos of life in Merelbeke, a suburb of Ghent.

56 files, last one added on Oct 27, 2014
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GHENT/GENT BELGIUM


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We lived near the beautiful city of Ghent (Gent) in Belgium in East Flanders (Oost Vlaanderen) from 1974 till 1978, although dad was there for about another six years after that. We hope you enjoy some of our photo archive from those happy times.

48 files, last one added on Oct 27, 2014
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MERELBEKE FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS


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Some of our wonderful neighbours and friends when we lived in Merelbeke. If you know any names that we haven't mentioned, please add them below the photo.

109 files, last one added on Oct 27, 2014
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DANSCLUB TERPSICHORE MERELBEKE


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Mum and dad had dancing lessons at the Dansclub Terpsichore in Hundelgemsesteenweg in 1977-78. These are pictures from one of their social functions.

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OUT AND ABOUT IN BELGIUM


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Our Welsh friends, the Davies Family


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We attended church at the Evangelisch Centruum, Burgstraat, Gent, where we got to know the wonderful Davies family from Wales (the clue was in the name!) Charles and Betty, Godfrey, Joseph and Noel. There were also two sisters who weren't in Belgium. Charles was an accomplished artists and signwriter. He once had a job painting the Coca Cola logo on lorries, so he must have been very good! He also painted a sign for our neighbours opposite which read "Bobinage van motoren".

11 files, last one added on Apr 26, 2014
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Documentation


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Leaflets and other documentation from our time in Belgium

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Belgium 1990s
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VISITS TO MERELBEKE IN 1990s


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In the 1990s, along came the internet. Jonathan put "Merelbeke" into a search engine to see what he would see, and stumbled across the website of Sint-Michielsschool. After writing a greeting in the guest book he received a reply from Guy van Heddegem, and a friendship developed which led to Jonathan visiting Merelbeke in 1998 and writing a song which was performed at the school's Eindejaarshow. He visited again the following year. Here are some pictures from those shows.... we hope to bring you some video clips in the future too. Photos mostly by Jonathan Hayles, captions by Guy van Heddegem.

40 files, last one added on Mar 16, 2014
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296 files in 8 albums and 2 categories with 5 comments viewed 153,713 times

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 GITO Merelbeke flyer van 1975 4/43431 viewsDec 05, 2017
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 GITO Merelbeke flyer van 1975 3/43319 viewsDec 05, 2017
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 GITO Merelbeke leaflet from 1975 2/4418 viewsGITO Merelbeke flyer van 1975Dec 05, 2017
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 Cards at Number 31575 viewsOct 27, 2014
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 Wilfried at his mother's in Moortsele563 viewsOct 27, 2014
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 Wilfried's mother in Moortsele562 viewsOct 27, 2014
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 Wilfried and Lydiane at Wilfried's mother's in Moortsele579 viewsOct 27, 2014
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 Tram near the Gravensteen in Ghent, 1978981 viewsOct 27, 2014
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 Wilfried adds the finishing touches to his villa555 viewsOct 27, 2014
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 Lydiane makes sure Wilfried is doing things properly553 viewsOct 27, 2014
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 Wilfried adds the finishing touches to his villa545 viewsOct 27, 2014

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 The Meerschauts and our relatives from England354 views
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 Sint-Michielsschool Eindejaarshow 1998 - Simon301 viewsSimon bedankte met veel flair onze twee sneeuwklasmontrices, Bernadette en Marleen, waarna deze laatste letterlijk in de bloemetjes werden gezet.
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 Sint-Michielsschool 1999301 views
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 Andrew on the roof...765 viewsIn the background, the garage door of the Meerschaut's house. Marcel Meerschaut was a "Bobinage van motoren".
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 The Atomium in Brussels in 1975277 views
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 Park Hotel bill from 1974489 viewsEric Hayles stayed at the Park Hotel, Wilsonplein, Gent, when he first arrived in Belgium to work for Volvo Europa in Destelbergen. Later his office moved to the company's massive site at Oostakker.
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 Josh and Lydiane in Number 29363 views
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 Ghent by Eric Hayles506 viewsEarly 1980s
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 Cousin Robin, Lydiane, Dad at The Atomium in Brussels288 views
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 Christmas fun in Verlorenbroodstraat562 viewsJonathan Hayles, ElsWillems
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 Sint-Michielsschool Eindejaarshow 1998 - (v.l.n.r.) Heleen, Wendy, Isabel, Erin en Roobjee311 views
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